While driving down the road a deer was crossing. Swerved to avoid hitting the deer, and consumer hit a tree. Upon impact, air bags did not deploy. Consumer sustained injuries. However, after turning off the car airbags deployed.
1997 Mercury Tracer airbags complaints
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While driving driver's and passenger's side air bag light keeps coming on.
When vehicle slid off the road and went down into a ditch, air bags on the driver's and passenger's sides deployed, but the passenger's side air bag did not inflate, causing the passenger to hit her face on the windshield. The vehicle has been totalled by the insurance company.
Consumer parallel parked when gas pedal got stuck and vehicle started to accelerate, causing vehicle to hit another vehicle in the rear and a public tree. Also both air bags did not deploy. Vehicle's estimated damages was $4000.00 plus. Dealer/manufacturer wer not notified at this time. *ak
False deploymen/violent deployment of airbag during a minor accident. Caused burn injuries to the thumb and chin.
Without impact when applying the brakes, both air bags deployed for no apparent reason. This caused vehicle to hit a guardrail. The vehicle is being repaired.
Air bags: driving approxiamately 10mph and vehicle ahead didn't give enough notice that it was going to make a left turn, hit a vehicle in back and both air bags deployed with so much force that they shattered front windshield and injured driver's neck and back. Driver's air bag came out with to much force.
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